Riot Fest 2025 Tour • Page 88

Whole fest rocked. No one was topping Blink.

 

What an incredible weekend

 

Friday and Saturday were such fantastic days, that today felt so weak in comparison. Still had a blast. My quick thoughts:

Texas is the Reason’s set was criminally under attended. Couldn’t believe how empty that was, walked right up to the front of the stage during the first song. But also holy shit they were too loud!

Hanson’s technical difficulties fucked up that whole stage. Ended up seeing their final two songs because I thought I was catching Gym Class Heroes. Holy hell was that Hanson crowd huge. I saw a woman walk out with a shirt that said this was her 87th Hanson show.

Microwave and Ovlov were cool discoveries today, wasn’t familiar with either.

The Wonder Years was the most energetic set of the day. That crowd went nuts.

Caught the final 4 songs of Cobra Starship. Another surprisingly huge crowd.

Was only able to watch 5 songs of Academy Is before having to find my crew at Green Day. A shame, because they were the best sounding set that day for me.

Green Day really isn’t my cup of tea. All the Hey Ohs were driving me nuts. Left after 45 minutes.

 

Nothing was announced at the end. All they did was put up the riot fest 2026 tickets on sale now

 

Way back when we were speculating about the lineup, I was sure they’d close a stage and @alkalinexandy (I think) thought they weren’t that big of a draw. Turned out we were both right! But the vibe was so good at that set even if I had hoped more people would be there.

 

I really expected more people at their set so I made sure to grab a spot for Dehd, The Wonder Years, and Texas Is The Reason. I would have been fine just walking up lol

 

Sunday felt so weird compared to Friday. Felt very top heavy with Green Day and that was what most people were there for.

 

Did the same, right along the center barrier, which was absolutely the right move for TWY. Really fun vantage point for a band I had already seen 30 times.

 

You were right near me then!

 

Yesterday was chill, felt way less crowded than Friday/Saturday.

 

This would be magical

 

Already got my ticket for next year on a payment plan.

 

I'm at work straight up wobbling around, my poor feet

 

I’m still just happy that I got to see The Grouch and Going to Pasalacqua!

 

Also, I went to Hanson once Ben Weasel was starting fights because my wife liked them as a kid so why not. I never could have guessed that I would see Hanson cover the Descendents with Stephen Egerton.

 

lmao I heard from a friend about Ben Weasel being his usual dick self.

 

See the blink set....see the green day set.

I can't believe that when I see green day at a festival I have 0 interest because they simply dont want to change haha ever.

 

Best sets of the weekend were Green Day, Jack White, Knocked Loose, and IDLES for sure.

 

Say what you will about the repetitive setlist and the woah-ohs or whatever, but Green Day is a band that just knows how to play to a crowd that size. From the production to the pristine sound to pulling a fan on stage to the general energy of the place, they have it down.

 

I was watching Green Day from the Jawbreaker side up front and the Linda Linda’s were in the crowd with their friends and family ROCKING OUT. For a band who spent a whole summer on tour with them they were acting like it was their first concert ever. It was awesome to see. They were moshing so hard into me I had to step back.